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Practise multiple-choice questions from english literature for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

english literature Mcqs

1. introduction to literary theory 2. miscellaneous literature 3. famous playwright poet and others 4. introduction to literary studies 5. cultural and literary in modernity 6. ages era period 7. cultural and literary english renaissance 8. modern poetry and poetics 9. medieval literature and culture 10. african american literature 11. the gothic novel 12. american literature 13. language and linguistics 14. english romantic poetry 15. literary theory and criticism 16. cultural and literary 18th 19th centuries

181. For Booker T. Washington, racial uplift means_______________?
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A. Separating Blacks by income level

B. Allowing Whites to help African

C. Calling for violent uprisings.

D. ricans to reach their potential.</strong>

E. Rejecting all White assistance.

182. The trickster figure is usually_______________?
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A. Amoral (neither good nor evil)

B. Evil

C. None of these

D. Christian

183. Eliot worked for Faber and Faber as a/an_______________?
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A. director

B. Editor e none of these

C. assistant

D. writer

184. In Shakespeare tragedy, the hero is________________?
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A. a sacrilegious man

B. none of these

C. a high ranking man

D. an ordinary man

185. The earliest play written by Shakespeare according to Oxford Shakespeare 1988 is______________?
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A. As you Like it

B. Two Gentlemen of Verona

C. Titus Andronicus

D. The Taming of the Shrew

186. Harriet Jacobs slave narrative Incidents in the Life differs from Harriet Beecher Stowes abolitionist novel Uncle Toms Cabin in what way ?
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A. Stowes novel is sentimental.

B. Stowe describes the treatment of slaves.

C. Stowe describes the escape of slaves.

D. Uncle Toms Cabin was used by abolitionists.

187. Famous Irish poet and dramatist is______________?
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A. H.G. Wells

B. L. Tolstoy

C. W.B. Yeats

D. A. Pope

188. Spirituals like Go Down Moses were important to African Americans because_______________?
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A. They helped them do their work faster.

B. They were based on African songs.

C. They showed that a hero would deliver them from slavery.

D. They gave hope that God would deliver them from slavery.

189. What do you mean by Archaism ?
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A. obsolete words

B. literary words

C. modern mode of words

D. up-to-date words

190. Justice delayed is justice denied was stated by______________?
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A. Emerson

B. Shakespeare

C. Disraeli

D. Gladstone

191. The shepherd in The Passionate Shepherd to His Love is_________________?
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A. sentimental

B. irresponsible

C. romantic

D. practical

192. Which one is not a science fiction writer_________________?
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A. Victor Hugo

B. H. G. Wells

C. Hugo Gernsback

D. Jules Verne

193. In Chapter XV of William Wells Browns Clotel, why was Clotel made to cut her long hair ?
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A. To keep the lice away.

B. So that the other slaves would get along with her.

C. So she could sell it.

D. The mistress of the house was afraid her husband would be attracted to Clotel.

194. Which year William Shakespeare was born ?
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A. 1923 AD

B. 1773 AD

C. 1564 AD

D. 1809 AD

195. The quality of Mercy is not strained the line is taken from________________?
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A. Merchant of Venice

B. Two gentleman of Verona

C. Midsummers Night Dream

D. Anthony and Cleopatra

196. Which characteristic of the slave narrative did Frederick Douglass include in the first chapter of his Narrative ?
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A. Depictions of a beautiful rural environment.

B. Descriptions of the kinds of food and clothing slaves were given.

C. Narration of a deserved punishment.

D. The authors father is often a white man.

197. To be, or not to be, that is the question- Where do you find this quotation ?
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A. Hamlet

B. Othello

C. Macbeth

D. As You like It

198. Hardy is a__________________?
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A. None of these

B. Mystic

C. Meliorist

D. Pessimist

199. Frederick Douglass argued that slaves sang spirituals for all of the following reasons except______________?
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A. To pray for deliverance

B. To show that they were content in their work

C. To ease their pain

D. To impress the horrors of slavery on listeners

200. The subject of Soujourner Truths Aint I a Woman is_______________?
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A. The rights of farm hands.

B. The right to keep ones children.

C. Negro rights.

D. A and B.

E. Womens rights.

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